2025-2026年宁夏石嘴山高三上册期末英语试卷及答案

1、________ the PX project will be called off depends, for it still needs more research and discussion.

A．That

B．Whether

C．Where

D．What

2、 The trains leave every 15 minutes; if you miss ____ , you don’t have to wait long for another.

A. it B. this C. one   D. some

3、The happy look on his face _________that he had passed the final examination successfully.

A.explained B.suggested C.expressed D.described

4、I'm never going to guess the answer if you don't give me a .

A．order

B．signal

C．clue

D．outline

5、Effective weight management requires a long­term ________ in order to lose weight for good.

A. establishment   B. commitment   C. tournament   D. assessment

6、 approximately 13 feet by 12 feet, the room makes a nice study for my brother, a senior 3 student.

A. Measured   B. Having measured   C. Being measured   D. Measuring

7、【I felt I would never____the shock of his being worked to death.

A. get off  B. get through C. get by D. get over

8、Bungee Jumping is very popular among young adults, ________ courage matters more than strength.

A．whose

B．that

C．where

D．of which

9、It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when ______ by my head teacher why I was late for school.

A. questioning  B. having questioned

C. questioned D. to be questioned

10、When you are faced with obstacles in Senior 3, try not to let discouraging thoughts _______. Be optimistic and trust yourself, and you’ll make it.

A．take over

B．take up

C．take on

D．take in

11、Hang a wet towel in your hotel room —— because of climate-controlled rooms and windows that don’t open, the air _________ be very dry.

A. must   B. can

C. shall   D. need

12、Kathryn's just phoned to say she's working _____ this evening and we needn't wait for her for dinner.

A.late B.lately C.soon D.freely

13、—How do you find my purse?

—__________． victim

A． On the playground B． It‘s modern and nice

C． Sorry, I didn‘t．  D． From the police

14、If you are travelling ____________ customs are really foreign to you, please do as the Romans do.

A.where B.when C.that D.which

15、—Do you know why the teacher asked for me?

—He wanted you to______your absence last night.

A. call for   B. account for

C. send for   D. reach for

16、Built mainly on natural resources , the prosperity of the city was _______ and its economy almost collapsed when coal prices began to fall in 2012.

A. sensitive   B. flexible   C. fragile   D. Subtle

17、The troop was ________ with the most advanced weapons.

A. offered   B. afforded

C. sold   D. armed

18、Students cannot be dismissed unless they   deliberately reasonable school rules.

A.respect B.undertake C.violate D.reject

19、As things stand, the economy in China has been on the upturn, with more than seven million new jobs _________ in urban and rural areas since the beginning of the year, calling for more hard work to overcome risks and challenges.

A.created B.creating C.having created D.to be created

20、As large numbers  of Chinese flocked to Japan to pay thousands for toilet seats, it was a surprise to many people the smart toilet lids on sale in Japan were actually made in China．

A．whether   B．how C．which D．that

21、In the US, there is an old joke: “Tie an Italian’s hands behind his back and he’ll be speechless.” However, Susan Goldin-Meadowin, author of the book Thinking With Your Hands, has a rather different view.

“Almost everyone gestures, not just Italians,” she laughs. “Conference interpreters gesture in their little rooms, though no one is looking at them. Even people born blind gesture when they speak, including to each other. In the TV series, The Crown, Lady Diana is warned that her hands may reveal her real emotions, which could be dangerous and that they have to be tied together so she can learn to speak without gesturing.”

The gesture under discussion is the so-called “co-speech gesture”. It is much more abstract than such symbolic gestures like a finger over the lips for “Silence!” or raising a finger to mean “Great!”. Like words, such symbolic gestures are fixed within cultures (but vary between them). Instead, co-speech gestures that accompany speech are another channel of information and emotion. For example, subjects are asked to watch a film in which a cat runs, but they are told to lie and say it jumped. They may do so in words—while their hands will make a running movement. The co-speech gesture is not sign languages, either. They have clearly defined words and grammar.

And the co-speech gestures have great potential for practical applications. For example, some students who fail at a tricky mathematics problem may gesture in a way that indicates they understand it. Then they should be taught differently from the ones whose gestures suggest that they really understand it.

“Children with language delays caused by brain injuries at or around birth are likely to catch up verbally by the age of about 30 months, if they gesture as much as their peers (同龄人). Those who gesture less are more likely to need intensive early intervention,” Susan Goldin-Meadowin adds. “Co-speech gesturing is not just about a lack of control. It is about thinking and communication, and is an aid to both.”

【1】What does Susan Goldin-Meadowin really want to tell us in paragraph 2?

A．Lady Diana is probably an emotional woman.

B．Italians are very talkative and gesture too much.

C．It is unnatural for the blind to gesture to each other.

D．Co-speech gestures are used by all of us unknowingly.

【2】What can we say about sign languages?

A．They are as abstract as co-speech gestures.

B．They have clearly defined words and grammar.

C．They are usually learned by human beings naturally.

D．They vary from culture to culture and person to person.

【3】What does the author suggest teachers do in the text?

A．Put enough trust in students.

B．Encourage students to tell the truth.

C．Observe the co-speech gestures carefully.

D．Teach the tricky problems in different ways.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．Co-speech Gestures Are a Vital Part of Communication

B．Symbolic Gestures Differ Greatly From Co-speech Gestures

C．Co-speech Gestures Are More Difficult Than Sign Languages

D．Symbolic Gestures Have Great Potential for Practical Applications

22、A new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily, it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love (早恋) may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression. The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all.

The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They won’t tell that to their parents.

Dr Marian Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.

Parents should watch for signs of depression -- eating or mood changes -- and if they see signs from their daughters or sons, they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity (成熟) gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.

【1】 Which of the following is more likely to have depression?

A. Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness.

B. Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions.

C. Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior.

D. Careless parents whose children are deep in love.

【2】What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The older a woman is，the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance.

B. Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly.

C. Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents.

D. Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression.

【3】 What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?

A. Confused   B. Disinterested

C. Scared   D. Disapproving

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Puppy love may bring young people depression.

B. Parents should forbid their children’s love.

C. Romance is a two ­ edged sword for adults.

D. Romance is good for young people.

23、A new study shows that rising levels of planet-warming gases may reduce important nutrients(营养物质)in food crops

Researchers studied the effects of carbon dioxide on rice. In the experiment， scientists grew 18 kinds of rice in fields in China and Japan.They set carbon dioxide levels to what scientists are predicting for our planet by the end of the century.Rice grown under high carbon dioxide conditions had，on average，13 to 30 percent lower levels of four B vitamins and 10 percent less protein(蛋白质)The crops also had 8 percent less iron and 5 percent less zinc than rice grown under normal conditions. However, vitamin E levels increased by about 13 percent on average.

The researchers said the effects of planet-warming gases would be most severe for the poorest citizens in some of the least developed countries.These people generally eat the most rice and have the least complex diets.That includes about 600 million people in Indonesia， Cambodia，Myanmar，Bangladesh，Laos and other nations，mainly in Southeast Asia.

Other studies have shown that higher temperatures from climate change and weather extremes will reduce food production.But scientists are finding that rising levels of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases threaten food quality.

Earlier studies showed that wheat，rice，field peas and soybeans grown under high carbon dioxide conditions all had lower levels of protein and minerals.Scientists predicted that almost 150 million people might be at risk of having too little protein or zinc in their diet by 2050.

The new study suggests a way to lower the nutritional harm of climate change.That is to grow different forms of rice that can adapt to higher carbon dioxide levels.

【1】Growing rice under high carbon dioxide conditions may____.

A. increase iron in the rice   B. make it more delicious

C. cause losses of Vitamin E   D. make it less nutritious

【2】How can people reduce the nutritional harm of climate change？

A. By importing rice from China and Japan.

B. By taking other kinds of food instead of rice.

C. By avoiding eating rice from Southeast Asia.

D. By growing rice suitable for the environment.

【3】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the text？

A. To inform readers what nutrients food crops contain.

B. To call on people to care for the planet they live on.

C. To share the results of some studies on people’s diets.

D. To tell readers where food crops are mainly produced.

【4】In which part of a magazine can you read the text？

A. Advertisements.   B. Arts and culture.

C. Science report.   D. Business news.

24、Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much?

There is an object that’s pretty much guaranteed to arouse your cat’s interest. That object, as the Internet has so thoroughly documented, is a box. Any box, really. Like many other really strange things cats do, science hasn’t fully cracked this particular feline (猫科的) mystery.

【1】 In fact, when you look at all the evidence together, it could be that your cat may not just like boxes, he may need them.

The box-and-whisker plot

Understanding the feline mind is extremely difficult. Still, there’s a sizable amount of behavioral research on cats who are, well, used for other kinds of research. These studies have been taking place for more than 50 years and they make one thing quite clear: 【2】

This is likely true for a number of reasons, but for cats in stressful situations, a box or some other type of separate enclosure can have a strong impact on both their behavior and physiology.

Ethologist Claudia Vinke of Utrecht University in the Netherlands is one of the latest researchers to study stress levels in shelter cats. Working with domestic cats in a Dutch animal shelter, Vinke provided hiding boxes for a group of newly arrived cats while keeping another group from them entirely. 【3】 In effect, the cats with boxes got used to their new surroundings faster, were far less stressed early on, and were more interested in interacting with humans.

The ‘If it fits, I sits’ principle

Some feline observers will note that in addition to boxes, many cats seem to pick other odd places to relax. Some curl up in a bathroom sink. 【4】 This brings us to the other reason why your cat may like particularly small boxes: It’s really cold out.

So there you have it: Boxes are insulating, stress-relieving, comfort zones—places where cats can hide, relax, sleep, and occasionally launch a surprise attack against the huge, unpredictable apes they live with.

A．Your furry companion obtains comfort and security from enclosed spaces.

B．Others prefer shoes, bowls, shopping bags, coffee mugs, empty egg cartons, and other small, enclosed spaces.

C．She found a significant difference in stress levels between cats that had the boxes and those that didn’t.

D．A box, in this sense, can often represent a safe zone, a place where sources of anxiety, hostility (恶意), and unwanted attention simply disappear.

E．So rather than work things out, cats tend to simply run away from their problems or avoid them altogether.

F．Thankfully, behavioral biologists and veterinarians have come up with a few interesting explanations.

25、In the winter some 30 years ago, I lost my job as a substitute teacher. With three little children ______ on me, I had to work in a saw mill for just above the minimum ______.

As I got ready to go to work, I ______ band-aids around my fingers and put more in my pockets. Cutting and stacking lumber for eight hours a day would cause my ______ to split and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry winter air. ______ still, we were short-handed on workers and the machines kept ______. We could see our breath as we ______ hours chopping, stacking, carrying, and packaging the hard wood flooring to be shipped out.

“When the work day finally ended, I took off my work ______ and inspected my aching fingers. The splits were worse and they had ______ through the band-aids again.

I started my car and and drove back home. I tried to ______ a smile on my face as I opened my front door. My daughter ran up to me, yelled “Daddy!”, and put her little arms around my neck. I ______ her up, and all my aches and pains disappeared into her ______. In that second, the joy in my heart ______ the sadness away.

We all have bleeding fingers and band-aid days in our lives. But with ______ we can make it through them all. After all, work may give us a ______, but it is love that gives us a life.

【1】

A．supporting

B．feeding

C．counting

D．keeping

【2】

A．strength

B．time

C．money

D．wage

【3】

A．protected

B．wrapped

C．circled

D．turned

【4】

A．fingers

B．palms

C．hands

D．arms

【5】

A．Worse

B．Next

C．Further

D．More

【6】

A．slowing down

B．coming down

C．breaking down

D．lying down

【7】

A．spent

B．passed

C．took

D．lost

【8】

A．glasses

B．clothes

C．jeans

D．gloves

【9】

A．broke

B．bled

C．went

D．hurt

【10】

A．put

B．hide

C．stay

D．offer

【11】

A．caught

B．cheered

C．kept

D．lifted

【12】

A．voice

B．heart

C．hug

D．smile

【13】

A．struck

B．drove

C．stole

D．left

【14】

A．comfort

B．love

C．courage

D．work

【15】

A．family

B．choice

C．living

D．chance

26、Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese．

复旦大学一研究生因平时琐事和同学不和，在寝室饮用水里投毒，导致一室友死亡。作为即将踏入大学校门的你，谈谈和同学和谐相处的重要性以及你的一些建议。

注意：1．词数不少于120个；

2．不能使用真实姓名和学校名称,

3．文章开头已给出, 不计入字数。

A graduate of Fudan University didn’t get on well with his roommates for trivial．So he put some poison in the drinking water, killing one of his roommates．

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